Lorna Harrison loves her daughters Lorna and Vera more than life itself. Certainly more than her coal miner husband Harry, who now shows little of the love he professed when they married. A terrible accident at the pit has catastrophic effects, and in its aftermath the family is set for eviction and the loss of everything they have. Lorna is determined to find a way through, though the discovery of shocking secrets about Harry will hit her hard.
Meanwhile Safety Officer Bradley Robinson begins to suspect that the tragic incident at the mine was not an accident at all. The truth could be devastating for the Harrison family. As Bradley becomes dangerously aware of Lorna Harrison's beauty and goodness, he's torn between his duty to the brave miners, and his desire to protect an innocent woman.